To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract Amendment #77-421-2 with Telemedicine Group P.C. (dba TeleMed2U)
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract Amendment Agreement #77-421-2 with Telemedicine Group P.C. (dba TeleMed2U), a corporation, effective February 1, 2025, to amend Contract # 77-421-1, to increase the payment limit by $1,500,000 from $1,800,000 to a new payment limit of $3,300,000 for additional behavioral health and medical psychiatric telehealth services with no change in the term of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Amendment will result in additional expenditures of up to $1,500,000 and will be funded 100% by Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP) Enterprise Fund II revenues. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
CCHP has an obligation to provide certain specialized behavioral health services for its members under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan membership Contracts with the County. Services for behavioral health and medical psychiatric telehealth services include electronic video and communication technologies to facilitate outpatient therapy services including diagnosis, consultation, treatment, medication management, education, and care management services for CCHP members. This Contractor has been a part of the CCHP Provider Network providing these services and fostering a deep understanding of the CCHP organizations mission, values, and long-term objectives since January 1, 2022. This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000; Health and Safety Code § 1451. Health Services Personnel approved this contract to ensure no conflicts with labor relations. Contractor currently cooperates with and participates in CCHP’s Quality Management Program which consists of quality improvement activities to improve the quality of care and services and member experience. Cooperation includes collection and evaluation of performance measurement data and participation in the organization’s clinical and service measure Quality Improvement Programs.
On December 6, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #77-421-1 with Telemedicine Group P.C. (dba TeleMed2U) in the amount of $1,800,000 for the provision of behavioral health and medical psychiatric telehealth services for CCHP members for the period January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025.
Approval of Contract Amendment Agreement #77-421-2 will allow the Contractor to provide additional behavioral health and medical psychiatric telehealth services for CCHP members through December 31, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Amendment is not approved, the Contract will not have sufficient funds to pay Contractor and CCHP members will not have access to Contractor’s additional behavioral health and medical psychiatric telehealth services under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan Memberships.